Device for cooling bottles or similar vessels



Dec. 18, 1934. J. BIENENFELD 1,984,455

DEVICE FOR COOLING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR VESSELS Filed rpril 8, 1933 2 51:;ets-Sheet l Dec. 18, 1934. J B|ENENFELD 1,984,455

DEVICE FOR COOLING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR VESSELS Patented Dec. 18, 1934 1,984,455

DEVICE FOR COOLING BOTTLES OR SIMILAR VESSELS Jacques Bienenfeld, Paris, France Application April 8, 1933, Serial No. 665,241 I *In France April 16, 1932 3 Claims. (01. 62- 76) This invention relates to a device for cooling 11 of substantially rectangular form in its upper bottles or similar vessels. Such devices ordinarily part, while the lower part thereof has a circular comprise an inset which can be set into a bucket, form. In said recess is received. an inset l2 oi. tub or the like or made integral with the latter. the same form. In said inset 12 there is provided The bo o ke v ssel is put to the openin an elongated opening 14 in which an inset 15 of 5 of the inset, while the cooling ice is contained transparent material is inserted. In the embodiin a space between the bottle and the wall of the ment according to Figures 1 and 2 said inset 15 is bucket. An essential drawback of the hitherto formed or a small glass tube projecting inwardly known co l rs is hat the ice space gradually 11 1 over the part 12 so that the water which has been with a mixture of'ice and water produced by the produced may enter freely the lower and upper melting of the ice. The temperature of this mlX- ends of the tube. In the lower part of the body 12 ture is the same as the temperature of the melting there is provided an opening 13. This opening is ice. Furthermore the use of such coolers entails l by hemispherical body th surface of a pretty high consumption or ice. the section of which is adjacent to the circular a first object of the invention is to avoid these Surface 1 of t body 12, A t 131 ecured to inconveniences by p o iding a ler w i h s so the inset 12 and passes centrally through the half designed that, on the one hand, the bottle or t e ball 17 to firmly attach said ball to the inset 12. like is not substantially moistened with liquid The closing body also comprises a segment-like and, on the other hand, the ice is constantly held opening 19 which can be brought to register with m in a dry condition in an annular space. the opening 13 through a handle secured to the 2m Another object of the invention is to provide a closing body 17. When the quantity of water Cold i Space n h he flt d ir space which has formed in the lower part of the tub I hiding in ling h ottle and c pable f vreaches such a height that the water is visible ing other vessels such as butter-dishes, caviarthrough the small tube 15, the cock 1'? and the dishes and the like. segment-like form oi the openings 13 and 19 as Another j t f t e t on is to provide permit said water to be discharged in a very short cooling devices through which the volume of the tim cold air Space may be maintained substantially In operation ice is always present in the space constant. 10 oi the cooler. The water which has formed p Several forms of the invention are shown in the flows into the lower space beneath the bottom 6. 3o app d d drawin s, in w h Because of its low temperature the ice in the Fi e l i a View in elev n wi perils in annularspace 10 produces an exceedingly strong section. cooling effect on the bottle or like vessel put into v Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of part t cooler h i b t th lumps of ice of the cooling device. in the space 10 is also very intensively cooled 3g Figureb' ShOWS another form of the inventlon, and in consequence f this said air fan onto and 5 Show stillenother embodiment the bottom of the cooler 1, so that the air space of the inventionbeneath the bottom 61s also maintained at a very In 9 5 tub 1 9 the low temperature. Thus the bottle is also intenbottle recelvmg frame (Flgure Thls frame is sively cooled from the bottom without permitting formed of plurality of bars 5 Whlch Me assem the bottom of the bottle to come into contact bled together through two rings, one at the top with th t t i3 f hi h 1 and the other at the bottom. The bottom 6 or the empera ure 0 W e is ower the ice-container is formed of a plate provided than the temperature of the The Space with holes 7. From the bottom 6 extend bars a beneath the 6 may be a'dmnt9 ge0us1y which are assembled together in their lower part used for cooling Vessels containing buttel, caviar through a ring which supports the whole inset on and the like i t tt of t cooler 1 In the embodiment according to Figure a the The annmar space 10 is closed in t upper part annular container comprises an outer conical wall so through a ring 9 provided in its centre with an 2a adjacent to the inner face of the tub in. The W opening for inserting the bottle. In its lower part annular container also comprises an inner wall the tub I is provided upon feet 2 with which tile 5a of cylindrical form also consisting of a pluraltub rests on a table or the like. In the outer ity of bars anda lower bottom 7a. The bars to Wall Of the tub I and at the lower end. of the same, of the inner wall are secured to horizontally ar to at the level of the floor, there is provided a recess ranged rings 6a. In a similar mer the bars on 2a are maintained in assembled relation through an upper ring 3a and a lower ring 4a.

The lower ends of the bars 511 are angularly curved outwardly and form the perforated bottom of the annular container together with wires 8a resting on them.

The bars 2a project over the bottom 7a of the annular container and form feet on which the ice-container rests in the tub 1a.

The extensions of the outer wall 2a of the annular container projectingover the bottom of the latter may, however, be dispensed with and instead of providing them the whole container may also be inserted into the tub 1a.

Projecting radially from the outer walls in the middle of the same and beneath the bottom 7a of the annular container are shoulders 9a on which the surface 10a rests which is shown diagrammatically in the drawings.

The dimensions of the space 12a beneath the supports 9a are such that said space can contain the whole water formed by the melting of the ice contained in the annular vessel, a suflicient air space always remaining between the bottom of the bottle and the surface of the water.

The upper annular surface of the annular container is also closed by a cover, not shown. In

a cooler serving only for bottles said cover is made of annular form so that it covers the annular surface of the annular ice-container. However, in a cooler designed for serving, to maintain articles of food or the like in a fresh condition, a central inset will still be advantageously used in the annular cover in order to permit the central opening of the cover to be completely closed. The vessels designed for maintaining articles of food in a fresh condition may have a cylindrical form so that they may be inserted through the central opening of the annular container, said vessels being then surrounded throughout a part of their height by the ice in the annular space. However, the vessels may also be so flat that they may be received in the air space 11a beneath the annular container.

Since the bottles or vessels to be cooled often have different diameters and since it is desirable to bring the annular ice layer as closely as possible adjacent to the vessel to be cooled, it is advantageous to make the inner wall and the bottom of the annular container of different pieces. Figures 4 and show by way of example such an embodiment of the invention. The inner wall of the annular container is formed of a plurality of wall segments 5b and 5b loosely overlapping one another and which, in this case, are not perforated. Each wall segment has a bottom part 7b and the various bottom parts also overlap one another. The bottom parts are provided with perforations. In this embodiment the bottom and the inner wall of the annular container are extensible so that the inner wall of the container may fit difierent diameters of the botbles or vessels. Since also in this embodiment the inner wall of the container is not provided with perforations the walls of the bottle are not moistened when such a construction is used.

When making the tubs first, it is, of course,'not necessary to make the tub proper and the container inset so that both form distinct parts; on the contrary the inset may be made integral with the bucket proper. In this case the outer wall 2b of the annular container may be dispensed with, since the walls of'the tub do its duty.

In order that the containers for the bottles, articles of food or the like to be cooled may be conveniently transported in coolers, the latter are preferably made portable and, for instance, provided with an ear or a handle.

I claim:

1. A cooling device comprising a tub, a framework carried in said tub to centrally support a bottle to be cooled, said framework thereby forming an ice chamber between the sides of the tub and the support for the bottle, means for spacing said framework from the bottom of the tub, and a perforated bottom plate for the ice chamber, said framework being yieldable to conform closely to different size bottles.

2. A cooling device according to claim 1, wherein the perforated bottom is integral with the parts forming the bottle enclosing framework and therefore yieldable.

3. A cooling device acording to claim 1, wherein the bottle supporting framework is made of overlapping strips, slidable with relation to one another to conform to different bottle sizes.

JACQUES BIENENFEID. 

